48 FUMARIACE^. Cohydalis. 



3. CORYDALIS. DC. stjst.. 2. p. 113; Endl. gen. 4839. 



[Conjdalis is the Greek name for Fumitory.] 



Corolla with only one of the exterior petals (the posterior one) spurred at the base. Style 

 mostly persistent: stignna 2-lobed. Capsule pod-shaped; few or many-seeded. Seeds 

 lenticular, black and shining, strophiolate. — Racemes terminal or opposite the leaves, sim- 

 ple : pedicels without bracteoles. 



1. CoRYDALis AUREA, WilM. Goldsn Corijdalis. 



Annual or biennial ; stem diffuse ; leaves somewhat glaucous, bipinnately divided ; ultimate 

 segments oblong, acute ; bracts lanceolate or ovate, acuminate ; pods terete, torulose. — 

 Willd. enum. p. 740 ; DC. prodr. l.p.l 28 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 463 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1 . p. 37 ; 

 Darlingt.jl. Cest.p. 400; Torr. <^ Gr.ji. N. Am. l.p. 68. Fumaria aurea, Ker, hot. reg. 

 t. 66. 



Root fibrous. Stems branching, 6-12 inches long, slender. Leaves thin and delicate, 

 divided into rather narrow oblong segments. Racemes terminal and opposite the leaves, or 

 supra-axillary, 5 - 15-flowered. Flower golden yellow ; the early ones (especially in shady 

 places) 3-4 lines, the later three-fourths of an inch long. Bracts variable in form and size, 

 at first longer than the pedicels, but shorter at maturity, often with one or two teeth. Petals 

 distinct : spur incurved, about one-fourth as long as the rest of the petal. Stigma: with 2 

 spreading lobes. Pods three-fourths of an inch long, strongly torulose. Seeds obovoid- 

 lenticular, highly polished, with a short incurved beak, and a conspicuous membranaceous 

 strophiole. 



Rocky woods. April - September. Not rare. 



2. CoRYDALis GLAUCA, PuTsh. Glaucous CoryduUs. 



Plant erect, glaucous, annual or biennial ; leaves bipinnately divided ; ultimate segments 

 cuneiform, somewhat 3-cleft ; racemes often clustered ; bracts linear, shorter than the pedicels ; 

 pods long, terete, scarcely torulose. — Pursh, jl. 2. p. 463; DC. prodr. 1. p. 128; Hook, 

 fl. Bor.-Am. l.p. 37 ; Darlingt.fl. Cest. p. 605 ; Torr. ^ Gr.fl. N. Am. l.p. 69. Fumaria 

 sempervirens, Linn.; Michx.fl. 2. p. 51. F. glauca, Bat. mag. t. 179. 



Stem 1-2 feet high, more or less branching. Leaves 1-3 inches long ; the radical ones 

 clustered, on long petioles. Racemes 6 - 10-flowercd, the flowers 6-7 lines in length, 

 spreading somewhat horizontally. Calyx purple. Corolla bright rose-color, tinged with yellow 

 and green ; the spur short and obtuse. Stigma with spreading lobes. Pods an inch and a 

 half long ; the valves at length separating from the persistent placentse. Seeds lenticular- 

 icniform, shining, but marked with fine ruga; in a radiating manner : strophiole small and 

 spongy. 



Rocky hills and river banks ; rather common. May - August. An ornamental plant. 



